Alfred Scalpello is a semi-retired Senior Lecturer in German with 42 years of experience teaching German language, literature and culture. He is also an experienced translator and interpreter, working across German, English and Maltese, and the author of six published translations from German into English and Maltese. He pursued his studies at the Goethe-Institut and the University of Munich, and currently teaches German-to-English and German-to-Maltese translation to students in the Department of German at the University of Malta.

A passionate reader, traveller and language enthusiast, Alfred has a lifelong interest in learning and exploring languages. As he approaches retirement, he is revisiting his Spanish. His wide-ranging linguistic interests, combined with his extensive academic and professional experience, reflect a lifelong commitment to languages, literature and intercultural communication.